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Cardinals set for more talks after black smoke signals no pope chosen on first day - The smoke signals that the 133 cardinals have voted but haven’t reached a two-thirds consensus required to elect a ...

Only one voting session is permitted on the first day. After that, voting sessions occur twice in the morning and twice in ...

Vatican workers hoisted a chimney onto the roof of the Sistine Chapel, which will be used in burning the ballots for the conclave that will elect a successor to Pope Francis.

Papal conclave ballots have been burned to maintain secrecy for centuries. Ballot smoke has been used to announce a decision ...

Black smoke appeared from a chimney atop the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican on Thursday, signaling that cardinals meeting in a ...

Black smoke has poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the first ballot of the conclave to choose a new leader of the Catholic Church.

The chimney smoke from the Sistine Chapel is the most watched signal during conclave, which started on May 7. Only two colors ...

There isn't an exact timing for the smoke signals that occur during a conclave, but experts use past conclaves to make educated guesses. Gabriele said that on the conclave's first day − May 7 ...

But the history of this device is anything but obvious. The smoke system as a public signal officially dates back to the conclave of 1878, when Pope Leo XIII was elected, in the world Vincenzo ...

The doors of the Sistine Chapel were sealed Wednesday as the papal conclave got underway. After three hours and fifteen ...